Lake Ohrid

9 seems to be the get up time this trip, packed for departure with Robert into Albania to go to Ohrid. Went down for coffee and breakfast, the peoples"s faces were surprisingly cheerful, ok some faces neede ironing, but there mode was good. I guess like me, every one was happy with the time they had. Then, it was the part I don;t like, the goodbyes …

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After sharing a bottle of red Macedonian wine, I left my ATM card in the machine, but luckily Marilynn my roommate was getting money after me and pushed "no" - she didn't want another transaction - and got my card out of the machine. Oh, oh. So I decided to come back to the hotel to write up today's blog rather than getting into any more …

Since I opted for the all day boat ride on Lake Ohrid today, I had to be out front by 8:30. There were only 6 of us going: Zoe, Lynne, Graeme, Vicki, Michael and I. Sasha here at the hotel instructed us to go to the flagpole and there we were met by Zoran, our boat pilot/captain. He walked us over to his boat and told us the first thing was to …

8/10/12

The warning of rain did not come through as we woke up to blue skies. We got our stuff together and had a quick breakfast at the hotel…fresh cooked omelets makes me happy! Once on our bikes we headed down the coast of Montenegro and after about 45 mins stopped at a great little town called Sveti Stefan home of an island …

... to the St. Ciryl and Methodius monument, Apostles of the Slavs. I was as excited as if I saw Ghandi! We wandered along the Ohrid lake coast line, towards the park and boats rental place. Then we walked in the opposite direction - up a hill, in between ...

... town is not only situated on the banks of Europe's deepest lake but is also the site of Europe's oldest university? Answer: Ohrid, Macedonia. These two facts should be reason enough to visit but Ohrid also happens to be a scenic and historical town ...

We couldn't wait to leave Skpoje behind so we jumped on the first bus out of there. We'd heard Lake Ohrid was beautiful and where all the Macedonians go for holidays. The mob was waiting for us. We couldn't even get off the bus! A lady had already ...

... , was that from Tirana. We get the bus in the morning to our next destination, Ohrid, a small town on the shores of Lake Ohrid in Macedonia. The bus departs at 9am and we hope to be resting by the lakeshore sometime early tomorrow afternoon. Oh yeah, we ...

We could not wait to escape the shithole that was Skopje, so we jumped on a bus and headed for Lake Ohrid. Some say that it is the third biggest lake in Europe. So we had to go see this As soon as the bus pulled in, an angry mob was awaiting us. It ...

... !  Ahhhh snap!!!  No  bed bed bugs here! Ohrid is famous for its beautiful lake, making it the most popular destination in Macedonia.  It has a charming old town,atmospheric churches, and  a massive castle perched on the ...

... .It took nearly two hours to get through both sides. That done it was not far to our hotel in Ohrid, Macedonia. This is situated on the beautiful Lake Ohrid. It was the centre of Byzantine monastic life and was where the Cyrillic Alphabet was invented ...

... about, the name of the main street - Turisticka Boulevard - may provide a clue. Tourism is not new to Macedonia's side of lake Ohrid (the lake is shared between Macedonia and Albania) with the wealthy subjects of the Roman Empire enjoying a bit of a ...

... had some rescue remedy and went on our merry way to Lake Ohrid. The roads were just a mad and bad as Albania but lake Ohrid was stunning... we drove into what looked like a dilapidated ex communist leaders holiday camp and parked up. I jumped straight ...

... 5 min after being picked up i seen a town oh i had almost made it i thought! Turns out that was another lil town that lines lake ohrid and my town was the last town about a 30-40min drive from where i had been picked up I think that sign that said 27km ...